Public debate on metallic hydrogen to boost high pressure research

Instead of praises from colleagues, the claim of observation of metallic hydrogen at 495 GPa by Dias and Silvera met much skepticism, and grew into a public debate at the International Conference on High-Pressure Science and Technology, AIRAPT26. We briefly review this debate, and extend the topic t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hua Y. Geng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2017-11-01
Series:Matter and Radiation at Extremes
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mre.2017.10.001